| Huge obstacles we are facing nowadays.... and when things go topsy-turvy, the best thing to do is to activate resiliency with the help of the family.  |
| This is a picture of my niece Mary, taken last December 2009, during the 70th Birthday Celebration of Mama Naty in Trece Martirez, Cavite, Philippines. Mary is the daughter of my Ate Cora (see picture below, 3rd from the left) and Kuya Gerd, (2nd from the left) and the mother of my grandnephew Keno (2nd from the left) and grandniece Celine (1st from the right, next to me). By the way, why am I reposting old photographs?? The answer is simple: Struggling through hard times nowadays, reminds me of those good times in the past. As Mama Naty once told me: "When you are full of sorrows, remember only the good things, nothing else". I dare to say, having survived some hardships during my fifty four years on this earth, Mama Naty's advice was and still is, the cut above the rest, to be able to tackle the difficulties facing the menaces of the present times. |
Added to the fears of catching the pandemic 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease, our family is facing acute and chronic illnesses as well. Tough times indeed, and we are being tumbled down of appalling events here in Germany as well as in the Philippines.
Battling against all these hiccups, we, as family, who have encountered and survived difficulties in the past, try to stand firmly on our feet, trying to tighten the rope that binds us.
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| Kuya Gerd, Celine and Mary during a walk along Weser River in Bremen, Germany last Saturday, 01 March 2020. |
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| Keno, Mary's eldest son, who recently turned eighteen (18), and is now trying to stand on his own feet, visited us last Saturday, 01 March 2020 in Bremen. |
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| Remembering a special day in Norden, Northern Germany. |
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| Laughters..... |
I sincerely wish Mary a winning streak over her fight against her "villain".
"GO, FIGHTER!"
